Seeing red at the Brooklyn Flea

Perfect golden-autumn kind of day down under the bridge at the Brooklyn Flea Market.

Have you met Clyfford Still, my new old art crush?

So why has it taken me this long to discover Clyfford Still? And am I about to book a ticket to Denver to visit the new Clyfford Still Museum that's opening there in 2011? Because this art crush has just started, and by then, it could be a full-blown love affair.

The below works from the American Abstract Expressionist are all featured for sale at artriver.com, mostly as book plates. My favorites are almost sold out, but take a gander--they're totally making me swoon (in an artistic way, natch).

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Photo of Clyfford Still © Bert Stern, 1959

8 cool-ass baby shower gifts

No, I will not buy you nipples (or the bottles that go with them). I will not buy you play pads or Baby Bjorns or even "Goodnight, Moon." Your registry means nothing to me, my pregnant peeps--nothing!

When I attend your shower (and you know who you are), I will be choosing from my very own list of not-so-ho-hum baby gifts. Your kid will thank me later when there are less photos of him/her in blue/pink standards and more in things like rad pigeon t-shirts (which will look WAY cooler when you pay to place his/her baby photo in that section in the back of their senior class yearbook).

Class of 2028, you're welcome.

1. The Official Tooth Fairy Kit by Notion Farm

Okay, THIS is the cutest gift ever invented ever. Maybe I'll even have kids one day just to be gifted with it (or, alternatively, I'll just knock out my own teeth and wait around for some money to magically appear under my pillow).

2. Adventure Cape at oliebollen.com

ADVENTURE CAPE!  Awesome!

3. City in a Bag by Muji

I know. Tiny unsafe pieces included. So look, just don’t give it to them until they're 7, okay?

4. fauna collection pigeon t-shirt by fawn&forest

(It just makes me laugh because it's completely random and so inappropriately cool for a baby t-shirt.)

5. Never Mind Your P's and Q's - Here's the Punk Alphabet at insound.com

B is for babies that are already hipper than me.

6. Vitra Eames Elephant at Design Public

Delicious AND mid-century modern.

7. Temporary Tattoos for Talking Hands at A+R Store

Storytime gets WAY better when hand tattoos are involved.

8. No Monsters Allowed print by johnwgolden at etsy.com

Enough said.

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Loving: TV-show inspiration

It's getting colder out there, and you know what that means: 'tis the season to dust off the ole Netflix queue. Here are a few clever goodies inspired by some of the TV shows you should hunker down with for a DVD marathon (or two) as winter starts sneaking its way back in.

The Office (US & UK versions)

Stapler in jello blank card by SureAsBlue at etsy.com

Mad Men

Joan Holloway vintage pen necklace from beryls at etsy.com

Twin Peaks

The Log Lady print by seasprayblue at etsy.com

Dexter

Doll head key chain (a la the Ice Truck Killer) by handmadebyjody at etsy.com

Battlestar Galactica

What the Frak notepad (complete with cut corners) by PigseyArt at etsy.com

Arrested Development

The Bluth Bunch print by elloh at etsy.com

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